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Qiaochu_Yuan comments on Open thread, August 12-18, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 17 August 2013 04:24:07AM *  1 point [-]

And now I wonder: how much of that

Which part is "that"? The fact that you write things out to make them clearer in your mind or the fact that writing things out makes them clearer in your mind? I think the latter is true for many people but the former is an uncommon habit. I didn't explicitly pick it up until after attending the January CFAR workshop.